Provides on-site system administration for Department of State IT environments. Responsibilities include installing, maintaining, monitoring, securing, and troubleshooting servers, network devices, workstations, applications, databases, and user accounts. Manages patches, backups, restores, upgrades, configuration changes, incidents, service requests, documentation, topology diagrams, compliance controls, and system performance. Coordinates projects, vendors, equipment retirement, and risk reporting while supporting testing and mission-critical IT operations. The summary above was generated by AI Overview Empower AI is AI for government. Empower AI gives federal agency leaders the tools to elevate the potential of their workforce with a direct path for meaningful transformation. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Empower AI leverages three decades of experience solving complex challenges in Health, Defense, and Civilian missions. Our proven Empower AI Platform® provides a practical, sustainable path for clients to achieve transformation that is true to who they are, what they do, how they work, with the resources they have. The result is a government workforce that is exponentially more creative and productive. For more information, visit www.
Empower.ai. Empower AI is proud to be recognized as a 2024 Military Friendly Employer by Viqtory, the publisher of G.I. Jobs. This designation reflects the company's commitment to hiring and supporting active-duty and veteran employees. Responsibilities We have an exciting opportunity at the Department of State! The Site Systems Administrator (SA) provides on-site SA services to specific office throughout the United States ensure we manage the assets and operations support the customer's mission to provide IT services to DoS users enterprise wide.
Responsibilties:
In this role, you will manage the installation, maintenance, and proactive monitoring of hardware (servers, network switches, routers, workstations, hard drives, driver license readers, barcode readers, printers, digital scanners, etc.) and all customer applications (e.g., AD, System Center Configuration Manager/Post Administration Tool, Travel Document Issuance System, Passport Records Imaging System Management, Automated Cash Register System, and other locally installed customer applications). This includes managing security and vendor patches, updates, vSphere Installation Bundles (VIBs), and Oracle/SQL databases. Additionally, you will be required to enforce security controls in alignment with DoS policies, including but not limited to AD administration (user accounts/privileges), vSphere/OS remediation, security compliance tools. The SA will ensure confidentiality, integrity, availability, efficiency, and effectiveness of systems, software, hardware, and data; provide technical support for testing and evaluation, and execute regular data backups, restores, and purging procedures to ensure data availability; coordinate hardware/software upgrades, consolidations, and equipment retirements. Additionally, you will log, manage and resolve all incidents and service requests in the Ticket Management System (currently Service Now); initiate, track, and document all configuration changes for hardware, software, and permissions. You will monitor system performance for anomalies; maintain current site topology diagrams, system configurations, and comprehensive technical documentation. The SA will provide regular status reporting on all SA activities, manage internal project coordination, and promptly notify management of risks (e.g., power outages, environmental issues) affecting IT services. Qualifications
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
The following are the education and experience required for this position: 5+ years Bachelor's in IT or related field Secret Security Clearance
PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS
Comp TIA Sec+, ITIL 4 Foundation Certification(s)
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
This position requires the ability to perform the below essential functions: Sitting for long periods Standing for long periods Ambulate throughout an office Ambulate between several buildings Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl as required Repeatedly lift and carry weight up to 40 pounds Travel by land or air transportation up to 10% About Empower AI All hiring and promotion decisions at Empower AI are based on merit to bring the best talent available to contribute to our firm's overall success. It is the policy of Empower AI not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status. Empower AI is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. If hired for this position, the base salary range would be within the range provided. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary based on various factors including but not limited to work location, skills, experience, gov con contractual requirements, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Empower AI's total compensation package for employees. Pay Band Min USD $86,450.00/Yr. Pay Band Max USD $133,810.00/Yr. Read Full Description Similar Jobs Leader Bank Senior SBA Closing Specialist 41 Minutes Ago Remote or Hybrid United States 107K-134K Annually Senior level 107K-134K Annually Senior level Fintech
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